Hollow steel tie.



"-charaeterindicatcd whiehslight inlconstruction and .oftglldnrable nature; Saidtie is provided in its top and "vertical-sides .with opyningsthrough which 'ballastmay befi'iassed` into'V the body oi'the tie for the purpose joiiveightingtlf same firmly upon'the track bed.4 The bottom of the'tie is of. greatest longitudinal dimension bottom of 'the tie at those portions occurring'unde'rihe oi therlangesof the rail',

Uni-'TED STATES PATENT Genion.

HARRY EVERETT MQMULLEN, or* nufroninson. KANSAS.

HOLLOW STEL TIE.

.Speeieaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, i907.

ll'liplioation filed February i2, 1907. Serial Noi 357,030.

"B it'` known that I, HARRY EVERETT lMCMULIEN, -a Crl'itizen of the United States, residing 'at Hutchinson, in l the county of Reno and State oi Kansas, have invented afnewand useful Hollow Steel Tie, oi Whichthe followis a specification.

"' Thisiinvention' has relatioii to hollow steel tics and it consists' in the novel construction andl arrangement iparts as hereinafter shown and described.

4-The'object of the inven'tien is to provide a tie of the the top ofthe tie possesses'the shortest'longitudinal dimension'vihile the' connectingvertical sides are pro- -vided-'charniered ends with orificesy in the'vicinity- .Vlfiihereoi in which the point o-an implement' may be insertedior handling the "desu The vertical sides .and 'i top of the tie upon .which the railbases rest are corrugated or thickened for the purpose of bracing the stmcf turefandfadding materially lto the rigidity and strength thereof; lFor securing the rails to the ties Washers havingflaterally extending lugs vare 'bolted to the ltop ofthe' tie'wifth theplugs projecting over the edges'oi 'the basesI v In the accompanying drawing-Figure l isa per-l spective viewof 'the' tie, and'FigfZiis a longitudinal sectional view of the same,

The tie comprises the top' side l, the-'bottom side 2 .and the connectingvvertical 'sides' 3. 3.' Oi the said -sides the top' l is'the shortest while the bottom 2 is the i longest and the ends of the sides 3 aire chamered as at 4. The'bottom Zisl perforated at 2 while the top 1 is provided at intermediate points with the openings 5 and the sides 3 at the intermediate points with theopen- .ings '6. The sides 3 and the bottom 2 are provided at portionsl occurring immediately below the portions of the. top l upon which the track rails rest With corruga-,A

tionsvor thickened portions 7 Whichadd materially to the strength of the structure making the same durable and inflexible and at the same time presenting sh`oul,

ders to the ballast oi the track bed which tend to prevent longitudinal movement of the tie. The trackv ballast is filled in to-the tic throughthe openings and 6 and thus the tie is -Weighted upon the track bed. The sides 3 areprovided with periorations 8 located'in the vicinity of the ends thereof and which vare adapted.

1. A hollow nietnllic tie having rectangular-lv ydisposed sides, thev top side of which is provided with depressed,

rail bearing surfaces and the vertical and bottom sides having thickened portions located under the said .ruilbearing surfaces. y. v Y 2. 4A hollow metallic tie havingrectangularly disposed sides, the vertical side having portions which increase in:-

tlii'ckness from the top to thebottom side and the bottom side having thickened portions which merge at their end v with the thickened. portions upon the vertical sides.

3. A hollow-metallic tine having rectangularly disposed l sides, the top side of which is provided with depressed rail hearingl surfaces, lthe verticalsides' having portions which' increase in thickness from the top to the bottom side and the bottom side having thickened portions which Ymergev at their ends with the thickened portions upon thev 'tical sides. said thickened portions beinrglocated under saidyrai] bearing.;- surfaces.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, 1

have' hereto affixed my signature in the presenceof two witnesses.

HARRY EVERET'I' MCMULLEN.,l

Witnesses: v

C. 0. LAUGHLIN,

)I. V. FLENNIKEN.

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